Karl Lagerfeld's Strong Thoughts On Biographers

At last night's Gordon Parks' Foundation dinner Karl Lagerfeld was honored for his influential role in the field of photography. The Chanel designer rolled in with a crew of at least ten including Anna Mouglalis, Freja Beja Erichsen, Sebastien Jondeauand Lady Amanda Harlech.

We chatted on the way to his table. On sunglasses: "Black glasses are very flattering, everyone looks better and without them they don't look as beautiful." On who he'd like to write the story of his life: "Whoever has time, because I couldn't care less. Today nobody's really found the real story... I don't have too much consideration for the poor people who try to write that book."

"So will you write it?"

"No," he said. "I have nothing to say. But it's interesting that people in fact are lazy. If they worked hard they would find interesting things. Nobody finds it! So I'm in a position to say `Fuck you, you're all lazy pigs.' And I certainly won't help them!"

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